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Beyond Romantic Love: Valentine Love for All(5)
February is here, that month of hearts burning to burnish romantic love relationships. What if February became a month celebrating all types of love? Why not send Valentine’s cards to everyone, not just our sweetie, as we used to do in grade school?
Ernest Dempsey, a.k.a. Karim Khan, our Man from Pakistan, sent me the following [...]
Who cleans the chandeliers?
Maybe because my father wore overalls and dug ditches for the gas company. Maybe because we all worked with our hands growing up with the goal that one day we’d all go to college.
Whatever the reason, I remain fascinated with the people who do the work. The staff that works behind the scenes making [...]
The Art of Friendship: Happy Birthday to Me
It’s been 61 years coming, but today is that day…only with a new year attached. I start thinking about my new age a few weeks beforehand so it comes at no surprise on the date. Falling between Christmas and New Year’s as it does–the Dead Week, I call it–when people are still reeling and resting [...]
Boxing Day Way
Ah, Boxing Day! It’ll be a year until I’m greeted by, “Are you ready for Christmas?” As if we are climbing a steep mountain pass to ski down the other side. Or, crawling across the desert to a beckoning oasis. For me, Boxing Day is that oasis.
The first time I celebrated Boxing Day on December [...]
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